“I like to sew where there is no thread in the machine, it runs
so easily,” said a little girl.
A good many people, I think, are pretty fond of running their
machines without thread.
When I hear a boy talking very largely of the grand things
he would do if he only could and if things and circumstances
were only different, and then neglecting every daily duty and
avoiding work and lessons, I think he is running his machine
without any thread.
When I see a girl very sweet and pleasant abroad, ready to do
anything for a stranger, and cross and disagreeable in her home,
she, too, is running her machine without any thread.
Ah, this sewing without thread is very easy indeed, and the life
machine will make a great buzzing! But labor, time, and force
will in the end be far worse than lost.--_The Friend._
(1746)